Car-seat.



2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

. KOHLER.

CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY l. 1915.

e. KoHLEn.

CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY l |915.

I Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

enonen n. Konten, or rninnnnnrma, PENNSYLVANIA, nssieNon 'ro rnn J. e. im i 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPOBTION 0F PENNS- To all 'whom it may conce-ra:

Be it known that l, GEORGE B.4 KOHLER, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Car-Seats, ofwhich the following is a specification. l

My invention relates to certain improvements in car seats of the type havinga metallic frame and in which the covering QA ratan, or other material, is secured tol the frame.

, nOme object ot the invention is to improve a the construction of a oar seat ot this type so that the covering will be firmly held in position.'

A further object of the invention is to provide a fastening device, which can be forced -into positionand clamped to the frame and' which can be removed when itisnecessary Sli Atill to repair or recover the seat.

The invention is particularly adapted for longitudinal car seats, but itcan be applied to transverse seats without departing :from the essential features of the invention .and

can also be used for the seats of railway stations, and other public places, where the covering is subjected to excessive wear.

ln the accompanying drawings y Fi re 1, is a transverse sectionalview ot one ofear seat illustratingmy inven tion;

Fig. 2, is va iii-a, Fig. Il; f

Fig. 3, is an inverted plan view ot the front portion of the car/seat illustrated in Fig-l;

F. t, is a sectional view ot a car seat iii` whic the clamp mechanism is shown at each side ot the trame structure; c Fig. 5, is a pe ectiveview ot a portion ot the trame and l e retaining bar;

Fi ti, is an enlarged sectional view showthe retaining lhar partly in position.

7, is a view similar to Fig. t, showing the bar is position enga the trame and holding the covering material in place; and

Figs. 8 and 9 are sectional views illustratsectional view on the` line in modications ot the invention..

Y range longitudinally on each side ot a car;

we inY t, ll have illrated a 'trans i verse seat l" i a movable t i t: y

Specication of Letters Patent.

' at the outer edge ot the ot the front vfr me.

an upturned lip 9 4forming a lock for the retaining bar or strip 10,-which is shaped as clearly shown in Fig. 5. 'lhe 'trout vhaine 5' is connected to the back trame 1 by a series rlhe bottom Harige 7 of' the front trame extends outwardly and hasfratenteei api. a, im. Application led July 1, 11915. i Serial No. 37,5091v ofcross bars 16, welded'to the flanges 3 and A 7 of the seat frames. 'Fliese crossbarsare in the form `oitrcliannels 'and are shaped as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

4L is a seat plate in the present instance, which is Welded at its upper end to the back trame. 1 and is coupled to the front trame by a detachable joint formed by bending the upper flange ot the front frame to form a hook 18, and bending theoiiter edge ot the seat plate to form a hook 19 so that, when these two hook sections are in engagement,

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the plaie 41s heid rmiy i0 the from im@ 5, as clearly shown in Fi 1.

ln someinstances, the ront trameand the seat plate may be formed ot a single piece, as shown clearly in Fig. 8, in which 5 is the front portion of the structure and t i s the bottom section of the plate. The reta i. t@ bar 10 has ahorizontal body portion' ll, a `spring section 12 extending under the bod portion, and a vertical portion-13, whic forms a covering for the joint and a nish Ato the edge ot the car seat. 'lhe sprin seeti'on l2 terminates short of the vertice portion i3 so that, when this retaining bar; is forced into the 6, the spring ion will yield and 'will sprin back ot the lip 9 the covering aterial 8 is inouny ontlie car seat-struc with the edge ending.

into vthe r t, the retaining bar, when forced into i tion, as illustrated in F. 6 and 7, will hold the covering 8 y to Cth@ l1 wml v Cushion terial l5 may be mountedbetwn the y and the mmimi 8 and y tot any thichess des. The material, in the pr et mstce, is

which is exceedingly Alicultto f i ion. v

tir 11i the seat ein," 1 ctur in the i ange 7 so that, as

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llttl iet ner shown in Fig. 1, for instance, where the back plateis rolled at the upper end tol form a cavity and has a depending flange formmg a narrow openlng into the cavity,l

the. edge of the ratan covering material can bepushed vertically through the narrow opening into the cavity as far as possible, as illustrated in Fig. l1, and then .the covering can be turned over the edge of the seat structure and the outer edge can be fastened to the front edge of the'seat frame by the bar 10. This construction holds the ratan covering rmly in place and is an easy vmethod of applying the covering.

When a seat of the type illustrated in Fig. 4 is covered, I prefer to groove each side of the frame, as shown in the drawings, and to use a retaining bar at each side, firmly hold- `ing the ends of the seat covering to the frame, and the ends of the seat structure may also be groovedand the ends of the cov` tire cushion structure can be removed from the seat frame.

In order to remove the retaining bar 10 from the recess 6, I provide thelower ange 7 with a series of openings 14 through which atool can be inserted to force the spring section 12 of the retaining bar clear of the lip 9, after which the bar can be removed. i

In Fig. 9, I have illustrated another modiication, in which the recess ,6 of the frame 5b isiat the rear of the frame and the retaining plate 10 holds the covering 8" in the recess as it bears against the upturned portion of the cross bar 16a, and projections 19, arranged at intervals on this portion of the cross bar, act to hold the plate 10b in position; the plate being inserted first in the recess and then forced back of the projections 19. By this construction the entire frame is covered bythe covering material 8".

In Fig. 9, I have also illustrated a modification of the hooked joint between the front `frame 5" and the seat plate 4"; the upper flange of the front frame 5* being bent as shown at 18, and the plate 4b being bent to form a tubular rib 19a which is inserted in the socket 18?' from one end, making a substantial joint which will hold the seat frame rigidly to the front frame. The seat plate 4 can be supported from either end, or braces 17 can be located between the seat plate and the cross braces 16, if found desirable, and inthe types of seats shown in Fi 4, for instance, springs 20 can be loca in the' ordinary manner between the seat plate and the brace 16. l

The modification ofthe retaining -means and the joint can be used in connection with the type of seat illustrated in Fig. l, or that jshown in Fig. 4, without departing from welding, but it -will be understood thatI rivets, or other` fastehings, may be used without departing from the spirit of the invent-ion. I have also shown the angle braces 17 secured to the seat platef4 and cross bar 16 by welding.

- I claim :7- l

1. The combination in a seat structure, of a frame having a recess at one edge at or near the bottom of the seat structure, said frame being bent to form a lip at the outer edge of the recess; a cover extending over the seat frame and into the recess; and a ref taining bar adapted to be forced into the recess and arranged to clamp the cover to the fra-me, said bar being held in position by the lip at the outer edge of the recess.

2. The combination in a seat structure, of

a frame having a recess at one edge; a covering for the seat extending over the Seat structure and -into the recess, the lower iange of the frame, which' forms the recess, having an upturned lip; a retaining bar having a right angled body portion; and a spring member,l the spring member being arranged to spring back of the lip when the retaining bar is in the recess so as to hold the seat covering to the frame.

3. The combination in a seat structure, of a frame having a longtudinalrecess at its lower edge, the lower fiange of the frame formin the recess being upturned at its outer e ge to form a lip and perforated at intervals; a seat cover adapted to the recess; and a retaining bar having.av spring member engaging the lip when the bar is forced into the recess so as to hold the cover material to the frame, the bar being released by inserting a toolthrough the openings inthe lower Hange of the frame in order to force the spring member ofthe retaining bar out ofengagement with the lip.

4. The combination in a seat structure, of a metallic frame having a recess at its lower edge to receive the edge of the fabric; means for holding the fabric in the recess and havini an inturned upper fiange forming aJ hoo portion; a cushion-supportin plate having an end shaped, to interloc with the hook portion of the iange of the said frame; and,cushion material mounted between said late and the fabric.

5. The com ination in a seat structure, of a. metallic frame having a longitudinal recess at its outer edge formed bv bending the `plate from which the frame is made and vthe seat having its edge extending into theA recess; a retaining bar having a rio'ht angled sectlon and an lnturned sprlng member arranged to be located in the recess between perforations in the bottomn ange in line4 with the spring member of the retaining bar; so that a tool can be inserted in the openings to release the retaining bar; and means for 12) retaining the opposite end `of the cover in position on the frame.

GERGE B. KOHLER. 

